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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an Asian-American parent, with kids who have been/are in the magnet programs.  I do not mind that my kid is being bused to school that are lowest performing and I do not mind that my kid takes some classes with non-magnet students.  I think it is a win-win for all - students, MCPS - that we have magnet schools that are placed in the lowest performing schools.

What I want to see is an expansion of the magnet program, more seats, and merit based selection.   I want the test statistics of chosen students shared with everyone.  I want the magnet programs to have more enrichment AND I want the magnet curriculum, projects and assignments to be freely available and shared with the entire county using MyMCPS portal.

[b]I think keeping a portion of the seats for local students who show academic capability and competitive stats is a good thing.  It attracts people to homes in these areas.  The aim of magnet may have been integration[/b], and now it seems that it has shifted to closing the achievement gap. Magnet programs are not the right tool to close achievement gaps.

What I would like to see is that magnet remains the vehicle for meeting the needs of  all highly gifted students as well as providing them a cohort of similar ability students.  I do believe that all students should be tested for these programs though.  That is a good step.

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This is what happened to RM with the IB magnet.  RMIB has set aside seats for in cluster students. This attracts higher SES folks to the area.  It attracted us.

Prior to the IB magnet at RM, the school was rated quite low, with a high FARMs rate.  There were lots of protests when the richer areas of Rockville were rezoned for RM, and lots of parents sent their kids to private school instead.  Fast forward 20 years, and RM has a much different SES mix and reputation.[/quote]

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